New opportunities for timber engineering

Structural Engineer

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 278-282

  Milner, M W ^a   Bainbridge, R J ^a  

^a TRADA Technology Ltd (TTL)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; WOOD;

LAMINATED STRAND LUMBER; LAMINATED VENEER LUMBER; PARALLEL STRAND LUMBER; STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY; TIMBER ENGINEERING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0031195940     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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